NSW Queens

[macguru]

On behalf of Myself and Chris Hodges who rang me a moment ago lets all extend a hearty congratulations to David Dobson for winning the 2 day Mcintosh cup at Malabar today, F open.
Well done Dobbo !

F Open - FO
1 Dobson David North Sydney VIC 477.37
2 Rigby Steve Railway & Tramway Inst. NSW 476.38
3 Warrian Greg Tumut Rifle Club Inc NSW V SV 476.35
4 Peters John Cessnock Rifle Club Inc. NSW 475.38
5 Davies Rod Cessnock Rifle Club Inc. NSW 474.42
6 Henry Michael Railway & Tramway Inst. NSW 473.30
7 Ferrara Ben Lithgow Rifle Club Inc NSW 472.33
8 Paroz Matthew North Sydney Rifle Club Inc NSW 468.35
9 Shallis Dennis Southern Highlands NSW 459.25
10 Mincham Graham Bundaberg-Burnett QLD V SV 459.23
11 Shrestha Bhaskar Bankstown Chatswood NSW 444.18

Also at the last range, 800m Matt Paroz 60.10 , great result
F Open - FO
1 Paroz Matthew North Sydney Rifle Club Inc NSW XXXXXXXXXX 60.10

[bartman007]

Well done Dobbo. Great to see they still have you as a Vic!

I'm not sure that 60.10 counts as it was shot in under 5 minutes

Great effort Matt. I do think it counts, and a brilliant job at 800m! Was that a 280AI that you got it with? If so the SA contingent will be very pleased

[macguru]

What is the starting time tomorrow morning ??

[Matt P]

Well done Dobbo. Great to see they still have you as a Vic!

I'm not sure that 60.10 counts as it was shot in under 5 minutes

Great effort Matt. I do think it counts, and a brilliant job at 800m! Was that a 280AI that you got it with? If so the SA contingent will be very pleased

No SAUM

[RDavies]

Any chance someone can take some pics & post them up & a quick write up after each day ?

Us armchair shooters need something to keep us occupied .....

I can vaguely recall a prominent NSW shooter criticising us northerners for our lack of feedback, well it is your time to shine !

Just let me know who that scoundrel was and I will see to it that he is severely chastised.

In the meantime I will report back from my time at the coal face.
The last 3 days have been fairly windy as weather reports indicated. Luckily the wind was (usually) fairly consistent. When Matt shot the record breaking 60.10 at 800m most 7mms were running around 5-6 moa of wind and F/TR guns were running around 9-10 moa.
Today for the 300M, when Andrew Beavis shot a 60.10, most had around 1-1.5 moa of wind and at the first 600 the wind was picking up further. Looking at scores for the 3rd 600M the wind was getting trickier. It is close amongst the first few F Open shooters on the first day with Andrew Beavis, Phil De La Rue and Ben Ferrara only a few Xs apart. In F/TR, Geoff Epplestone is showing that his QRA Queens win was no fluke to lead Daniel Sly and Garry Faulkner on the first day. In TR, surprise, surprise it is James Corbett in his usual position at the end of day 1.
Someone asked weather the F std A grade and F/TR winning Faulkners are related, well they are father and son so there is something in the genes for sure. The father has been shooting for over 50 years and the son around 4 years but learning quickly.
So far it has been fairly sunny with possible rain forecast for this afternoon and tomorrow.
Maybe those still onsite can assist with equipment lists but among the front runners, 6MMs seemed to be common in the short ranges with the odd mid sized 6.5 being used. As usual 284s were very popular across the course. At the longs, the 7mm SAUMs seemed to be popular amongst the front runners with a few 280AIs also being up there.
The weather forecast for tomorrow is still a bit windy, but the easier 500m and 700M targets might help a little. I did not get any pictures from the range but will see if I can get someone to snap some gossip pictures.

[AlanF]

So what's up with you Rod? I see you didn't shoot the 2nd 600????

[RDavies]

So what's up with you Rod? I see you didn't shoot the 2nd 600????

No, I cracked under the pressure of competition and skulked home with my tail between my legs, retiring with head space issues..

[AlanF]

No, I cracked under the pressure of competition and skulked home with my tail between my legs, retiring with head space issues..

Hmmm. Bad luck - I'll await further details.

[Julian D]

Thanks for the update.

[Tim N]

Well done to Jeff in FTR
Would have been 3rd in open with his 179:18
Not bad for a ratty old balistically inferior 308 on a bipod

[AlanF]

By my calculations, Steve Rigby has finally cracked a Queens . Steve has been shooting the NSW Queens for a lot of years and always in the hunt, so well deserved.

[RDavies]

A big congratulations to Steve Rigby for winning F Open, he has always been up there and he had this coming. Congrats also to Greg Warrian, Lewis Reynolds and Ben Ferrara who were just behind. Commiserations to Dave Dobson who was in top form in the lead but had to pull out of the Queens due to illness.
Congrats also to Geoff Epplestone for backing up his QRA Queens win to win F/TR in NSW as well.
Congrats to Peter Johnson for winning F std A grade and to James Corbett for his 31st Queens win in TR A grade.

[johnk]

Think you'll find that Corbie won the Queens: http://www.nraa.com.au/nswra-140th-open ... w-results/

[RDavies]

Think you'll find that Corbie won the Queens: http://www.nraa.com.au/nswra-140th-open ... w-results/

Sorry, I just edited my previous post. I was looking in the wrong section.

[bartman007]

Well done to all the winners

Certainly an interesting competition, with some brilliant highs in TR (multiple 50.10's on 1 range ) and 60.10 at 800m by Matt.

But then some incredible lows where the conditions must have been super tough! That's why 5 days of competition is a brilliant way of sorting the men from the boys. Well done!